Improvement in water-elevators for railway stations



J. J. HAMILTON.

improvement in water -Eleva tors for Railway-Stations.

Patented Aug. 6,v 1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

. JAMES J. HAMILTON, OF OONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,

T. F. HAMILTON, CHAS. H. HAMILTON, GEORGE W. FLEMING, AND W. B.

LAMBERT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS FOR RAILWAY STATIONS.

$pecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,127, dated August6, 1872.

I, JAMES HAMILTON, of Oonnersville, Fayette county, State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Elevators forWater-Stations of Railroads, of which the following is a specification:

Nature and Objects of Intention.

My invention is designed to dispense with the elevated water-tanksemployed usually to provide water for the tenders of locomotivesatwater-stations; and consists, in connection with a cistern located underground, of a peculiar apparatus adapted to enable the locomotive, by aneasy and simple attachment, to elevate its own water.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective new of my improved apparatus.

General Description.

the trough O, which is pivoted at e and operated by handle 0, (orotherwise,) is swung under it, and the valve at the bottom of the vesseloperated by rope D is opened. The trough 0 may be sufficiently long tocommunicate with the tank of the tender direct or communicate therewithby suitable channels. The vessel B is secured to the sliding frame E,which is raised and lowered by the rope F, operated by drum G,bevel-gearing H H, and

' the tender of the locomotive.

drum I, the latter being adapted through rope J for connection with alocomotive running in either direction on the track.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows:

Upon the arrival and stoppage of a train at the water-station, the ropeJ is hitched tothe locomotive or to any suitable portion of the train,and the train is then run in either direction a sufficiently shortdistance only to raise the vessel B to the-required height and stopped.To retain the vessel B in position the pawl K is dropped into the teethof wheel H. The chute can then be thrown in position under the vessel B,and the valve at the bottom of the vessel governing its discharge may beopened by rope D and the contents of the tank or vessel B be therebydischarged into When thetender is supplied the chute or trough O iswithdrawn from under the vessel B, the pawl K released, and the vessel Bis lowered into the well by the backing of the locomotive or otherwiseto await the coming of the next train.

Claim.

adapted to be operated by the locomotive, all

the parts being constructed and arranged sub: stantially as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

JAMES J. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

FRANK MILLWARD, J. L. WARTMANN.

